Jared Bossly was planting soybeans one spring night in 2023 on his 2,000-acre farm in South Dakota when he spotted a sheriff’s vehicle parked at the corner of his property. He had a hunch it wasn’t a social visit.
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Jared Bossly speaks about his experiences with Summit Carbon Solutions employees on his ranch in Mansfield, S.D., on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
A sign protesting carbon pipelines is displayed on a building at Jared Bossly's ranch in Mansfield, S.D., on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
A sign depicting a snake with the caption "Another Summit Solutions Employee Trespassing" hangs on Jared Bossly's garage on his ranch in Mansfield, S.D., on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
Betty Strom packs for a trip to Washington, D.C., to speak with representatives and protest carbon sequestration tax credits that incentivize carbon pipelines, at her home in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Monday, March 10, 2025. Strom was sued in condemnation by Summit Carbon Solutions and was among other South Dakota landowners who sued the company to stop them from surveying their land.
Remnants of last fall's corn harvest stand on a farm in Lake County, S.D., Monday, March 10, 2025, in one of the counties that a proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline would cut through.
Aaron Johnson of Johnson Organic Farms, on land owned by Betty Strom, points out how close his farm is to the carbon pipeline proposed by Summit Carbon Solutions, at his home in Lake County, S.D., Monday, March 10, 2025.
Leroy Braun looks over maps of a proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline which he said had covered the table in his farm office for months in Spink County, S.D., Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
Leroy Braun's farm office displays mounts of deer hunted on his farm in Spink County, S.D., Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in one of the counties that a proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline would cut through.
Jared Bossly tags a day-old calf on his ranch in Mansfield, S.D., on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.
Mike Klipfel, a neighbor of Jared Bossly, talks to Bossly on his ranch in Mansfield, S.D., on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. The two became friends during surveying efforts by Summit Carbon Solutions.
Landowner Julia Stramer testifies before the North Dakota Public Service Commission regarding the planned Midwest Carbon Express pipeline, during a public hearing in Linton.
A wagon covered in signs protesting the installation of a Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline stands on a farm in Lake County, S.D., on Monday, March 10, 2025, in one of the counties that the pipeline would cut through.
Jared Bossly walks past feed on his ranch in Mansfield, S.D., on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in one of the counties that a proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline would cut through.
